New party for SA’s capitalists
A new political party called the ZACP Capitalist Party of South Africa, whose logo is a purple cow‚ was launched at the Rand Club in Johannesburg on Sunday.
The party was founded by 10 people who describe themselves as “positive disruptors” and believe their innovative thinking could find solutions to many of SA’s problems.
The 10 are: Kanthan Pillay‚ Roman Cabanac‚ Neo Kuaho‚ Gideon Joubert‚ Unathi Kwaza‚ Duncan McLeod‚ Sindile Vabaza‚ Louis Nel‚ Katlego Mabusela and Dumo Denga.
“It is time to put an end to the tyranny of incompetence‚” Pillay said at the launch.
“We need to fix this and the only way to fix this is for those of us who actually know how to make things work, to stand up and say‚ ‘get out of the way‚ we’ve got this’‚” Pillay said.
He said SA was a capitalist country‚ and “capitalism has unleashed the biggest wave of prosperity in the history of the human race”.
“Here in our beautiful South Africa‚ politicians have turned capitalism into a swear word.
“They make us feel guilty for working hard to improve our lives.
“And this guilt allows us to let them steal money and use the money for corruption.”
Pillay said the party’s founders believed it was the only political party which refused to be a prisoner of the past‚ saying he believed this group of people knew how to shape the future.
“A vote for a small party is not splitting the vote.
“The way in which our proportional representation system is structured actually favours smaller parties.
“So your vote has more impact‚” he said.
According to its website‚ it chose the cow as a logo because “cattle are Africa’s most potent symbol of personal wealth”.
“Our logo also represents a bull market,” it said.